Important: Please Read! Changes Are Coming!

[john112364]

I for one am looking forward to the Gamers seeking Gamers function. I already got one player from EN World without it. I would like to see how many I can find with it.

And I find the inline comments an interesting idea. I've already had some good laughs from people playing with the xp. Let's see what happens when the newness wears off.

Keep the changes coming Morrus. Hey if a change doesn't work you can always change it back.

 

[renau1g]

I also look forward to the seeking gamers section

 

[BryonD]

Sorry if this answer is back in the thread somewhere...

Is the posting of XP comments just a trial thing?

So far, to me, I find it kinda adds these little diversions into the flow of the thread.

Plus, it is nice to be able to post a public reply or to throw in a private comment. Making XP comments public reduces the utility. (IMO, maybe I'm way out of step)

 

[Orius]

3000 odd posts later... have you posted more here than in your campaign?

Cheers!

Well, it was an IRC based campaign actually, not PbP, and I've been here a lot longer than that campaign lasted.

 

[Chacal]

So far, to me, I find it kinda adds these little diversions into the flow of the thread.

Signatures will be shorter so I expect the flow of the threads to be quite improved, considering that rep comments are probably more "on topic" than sigs.

Maybe the rep comments could be less distracting by replacing the smileys with text ?

Chacal

 

[Nonei]

Sorry if this answer is back in the thread somewhere...

Is the posting of XP comments just a trial thing?

From the meta forum thread (found here) discussing the in-line rep comments:

Well, let's see how it goes for a while. Might work, might not. Time will tell.

 

[BryonD]

Signatures will be shorter so I expect the flow of the threads to be quite improved, considering that rep comments are probably more "on topic" than sigs.

Maybe the rep comments could be less distracting by replacing the smileys with text ?

Chacal

It isn't the length, it is the semi-on-topic tangents.
Sigs are sigs, but these are "replies" that aren't replies. I think when people start responding to XP comments it will be even ore difficult to stay on topic.


And the private/public thing is even more significant to me.



And thanks, Nonei

 

[Beginning of the End]

To this end, I'm rejigging the community supporter subscriptions a little. I haven't fully settled on the list (although nobody will lose anything from their subscription), but we're looking at an additional higher tier subscription for about $6, and moving forum signatures into the subscription framework. That means that signatures will be only be available to people who have a subscription. Why sigs, and why now? Well, as I mentioned the boards are now self-sustaining, and I now need to facilitate growth - not in terms of size, but in quality. To do that, I want to encourage people to become subscribers without removing access to all the threads and ideas here, ensuring that these thing - the really important things - remain available to all. Limiting sigs to subscribers - a feature that I tend to find distracting - seemed to be the right choice.

I've been on a board that tried this.

Apparently CTRL-C/CTRL-V is very cost effective.

And deleting those .sigs every time you went to quote someone's posts was so much fun.

 

[Jeff Wilder]

Apparently CTRL-C/CTRL-V is very cost effective.

If doing this is made "against the rules," I don't think it would remain a problem for long. God knows, I already wish I could report some .sigs.

 

[Piratecat]

If doing this is made "against the rules," I don't think it would remain a problem for long. God knows, I already wish I could report some .sigs.

I imagine it would be. I, for one, would find it incredibly irritating.